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Police arrest 2 in Baltimore Co. abduction case

Baltimore County police said on Tuesday they have arrested two men in connection with a kidnapping and sexual assault, and they said one of the suspects is also connected to an earlier abduction.

Police said the incident happened at a bus stop at the intersection of Ingleside Avenue and Edmondson Avenue in the Catonsville area at 12:40 p.m. Monday.

A 17-year-old girl told officers she got off the bus and began to walk to a different bus stop when a Ford SUV pulled up beside her, and the driver got out and forced her into the vehicle.

Police said a second man, armed with a handgun, was in the backseat. The men drove to an alley in Baltimore City, where detectives said the man in the backseat sexually assaulted the victim. The victim said the men also took her cellphone, wallet, money and identification card. She was then dropped off at a nearby apartment complex.

Detectives found the SUV matching the description of the one used in the kidnapping in the northwest area of Baltimore City at 11:20 p.m. After an extensive search and investigation by Baltimore City and Baltimore County police, two men were arrested.

Officers also charged 25-year-old William Campbell with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of firearm use in a felony crime, one count of first-degree sex offense and one count of first-degree rape.

Both men are being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.

Police said Campbell faces two counts because investigators have also tied him to a separate kidnapping on Sept. 25, when an 18-year-old woman reported an armed robbery that happened at 9:20 a.m. that morning.

The woman told police she got off an MTA bus at the same intersection as the incident on Monday and began to walk to work. She told police a Ford SUV pulled up alongside her, and a man pointed a handgun at her and ordered her to get into the vehicle.

The man, who police identified as Campbell, drove the victim to the corner of an apartment complex on Fern Valley Circle and forced her to perform a sexual act, police said. He also stole personal property from the victim, including her Maryland identification card, money and her camera. The victim then got out of the car, and Campbell drove away.

The victim told police Campbell threatened to harm her if she filed a police report, which is why she said she waited to report the crime until later that evening. Officials said the victim did not tell officers about the sexual assault during the initial police report but provided that information to detectives during the follow-up investigation.

Detectives said they believe Campbell acted alone in the Sept. 25 case.

Waller only faces charges in connection with the Oct. 1 incident.

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